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I agree with the commenter on the blog who said he's just not holding it right. I hold mine with my index finger wrapped around the right-hand side, so the joint at the base of the index finger is about next to the Home button. It's perfectly stable this way, and my thumb is not being blocked by the 'boot'.

I think this is just one of those cases where the author knows he can get more attention by complaining than by being reasonable.